Britain has one of the lowest numbers of hospital beds in Europe for young people struggling with serious mental health problems. Britain has a 9.4 specialist inpatients bed per 100,000 young people for those who are struggling with conditions such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. The UK is placed 18th in a…
England’s top doctors said practitioners offering cosmetic procedures should have training to help them protect vulnerable clients. Prof Stephen Powis believes providers should be officially registered and trained to spot people with mental-health issues or struggling with body image. 100 out of 1,000 practitioners are currently registered, a charity said that procedures such as botox…
A major study has shown the scale of the obesity problem in the UK. This has a significant risk of death and disease attached to weight gain. People with a body mass index (BMI) of 30-35 were 70% higher risk of developing heart failure than people with 18.25-25 BMI. The study was of 2.8 million…
Debenhams has named 22 of the stores it plans to close as part of their new plan by the new owners. The retailer says the store closures will begin next year and 1,200 staff will be affected by the first phase. Earlier this month lenders to Debenhams took control in a deal which wiped out…
The Sri Lanka president Maithripala Sirisena has said police are looking for 140 people believe to have links to Isis over the Easter Sunday attacks that killed at least 253 people. Sirisena said some youths had been involved with the extremist group since 2013. At least 700 refugees from a mistreated Islamic sect are in…
Peers say”Outdated” age-specific benefits for older people should be replaced with the support for the young to “deliver a fairer society”. The Committee on Intergenerational Fairness called for a focus on housing and training policies, rather than benefits such as free TV licenses. Campaigners warned against the changes saying the pensioner poverty was rising. The…
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